Hi my name is Daniel Rogge. I'm an Engineer here at Tormach.
Today we're going to cover mounting and...
...aligning the Tormach tooling system automatic tool changer.
Before we begin
it's important to stress that this is a job for which you are going to need an assistant.
This...
ATC carousel is about fifty pounds
It's...
...fairly cumbersome, especially when you are operating over the...
...the mills chip tray
so
to avoid a injuring yourself or hurting your back...
...you're really going to want somebody help you out with this task.
Before you begin it's a good idea to turn the machine off, shut down the control software,
the computer
and flip the electrical disconnect switch off on the side of the cabinet.
So at this point I've moved the machine away from the wall to...
...get a little more access to the back of the machine.
I've removed the coolant back splash.
Removed the left hand machine arm and I've also rerouted the coolant hose...
...to under...
...the mill head
And now it's time to hang the ATC.
I'll start by threading these hex standoff's into the column.
Once you have the standoff's in you will want to...
...snug them down.
I'm going to go ahead and take the square tube mount...
washers and...
...flange nuts.
You are going to want to just snug these at this point
don't tighten them down because we're going to
change the alignment on this
as we get the ATC hung.
Now we are going to attach
the ATC carousel to the square tube mount
Now's a good time to call in that helper of yours to assist.
So Dan and I are going to lift this up...
...and position it
Notice how we are resting it on these eccentric mounts, makes it a little easier.
M8 socket head cap screw.
Flang nut on the back side of the square tube. Tilt it a little forward Dan.
Forward? No, you got it.
Now that we have the ATC mounted to the mill,
I'm going to get it roughly level.
just using a bubble level.
You'll want to do this in both x and y planes but...
that realize that it's
not a fine adjustment yet,
just getting a rough adjustment.
I'm going to go ahead and snug these...
...flange nuts...
...that hold the square tube to the column down.
You don't have to worry about being to precise with this as we'll likely end up...
...doing some fine tuning later on.
but now you just don't want it moving around on you.
Now i'm going to go ahead and...
...adjust the tilt
in the X direction here.
Pay particular attention
to the position of this linear rail
with respect to the mill head
it's possible to have this adjusted on some machines such that the head will come down
and hit a linear rail.
What we really don't want
is that situation
make sure
the head is going to clear that linear rail
when it comes down.
When I get this puppy
roughly level
once again this is just a rough adjustment
go ahead and snug down
the fastener.
Just snug because we'll be doing
the fine-tuning in a little bit
So at the ATC is now hung on the mill
and it's roughly level
at this point you follow the instructions in the manual
to connect the ATC's electrical system
we've already done that on this machine so I'm going to skip ahead
and route the air lines
You'll notice the air lines
are each lettered
and there's a corresponding
letter at the end of the fitting that they go to
Lastly the line to the power drawbar
labeled D
should come
with a check valve pre-installed
the check valve is going to go up by the power drawbar solenoid.
Once you have the airlines plumbed you're ready to hook up your air compressor
it's a good idea to go ahead
manually retract the carousel before you
hook up the ATC up to the compressor because this guy can fly back
once you apply pressure to the system.